Jon schwartz of u. S. Today. Why Silicon Valley . Why our part of town . I was actually very fortunate to have been given the opportunity by American Experience. All right. Why were they interested . They were the Sloan Foundation is one of their founders. They were really very, have interested in bringing the story Silicon Valley to the public. Silicon valley, the revolution that hand here and created by these men, in terms of takingojs into the digital age, the Information Age really changed our lives in the way we interact today. People take for granted things like cell phones, computers and laptops. All of these thins sort of stand back to what these guys invented. Even the Corporate Culture, right . I thought that was one of the interesting aspects, how they set the Corporate Culture at least here in Silicon Valley we take for granted today. Certainly. The main character in this was instrumental, helping to bring the new idea to the democratic wearing junes. Cubicals, everybody th
With Victor Blackwell and christie. Thank you for being with us. As you join us, more than 100,000 americans have tested positive for coronavirus, that number of deaths, as you heard, more than 2,000. To give you context, more than 20,000 in just 24 hours. That means the u. S. Is still the global hot spot for the virus. More than 652,000 people around the world have been infected and its killed more than 30,000 people globally. The cdc issued a two week travel advisory telling people in new york and new jersey and condu connecticut to refrain from domestic travel. And after the idea of issuing a short term quarantine in that region. Last night, saying on twitter a quarantine quote would not be necessary. We want to begin with kristin. After he made this statement about backing off the quarantine, that comes after new york Governor Cuomo said it would be a quote federal declaration of war. How did the white house react to that . Thats right. This is the latest of the pushpull between th
Our split fox friends show. Were scattered throughout the tristate area. And its good to have you. Good morning to you ainsley and good morning to you, brian. Ainsley good morning to you, steve and brian and to everyone at home. We have dr. Nicole saphier on our show today dr. Mehmet oz the Surgeon General dr. Jerome atkrapls. Adams. Dr. Marc siegel and senator Lindsey Graham. Brian should did you go back to Small Business and take some of these loans. Of course we have three doctors on the show and got to get yeses and nos. Should would he be wearing a mask or not . If we are not wearing a mask if were sacrificing for medical professionals but we would like to know the answer to that we will talk to the Surgeon General because i think it matters so much. And we will talk about all of that as thr is going to lock don and doing what we are we have been doing and its standing in place. In just hours. The usns comfort will begin serving americas covid19 epicenter here in new york city. I
Its high noon here in the east. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. U. S. Investigators today say they are extensively analyzing a new isis propaganda video. Its a 56minute film titled the flames of war. This film is highly produced and is narrated by a man who appears to have an american accent. The flames of war were burning furiously as the heavy shelling let out thunderous roars that cast fear into the hearts of the enemy. Well, there is some good news on the isis front. 49 turkish hostages are back home safe today. The group which included diplomats, soldiers and children was kidnapped three months ago when isis stormed through mosul and raided the turkish consulate there. We also have new details on fresh u. S. Air strikes in iraq. American fighter jets bombed isis targets both thursday and friday taking out a unit of militants as well as a supply boat on the euphrates river. And the u. S. May be closer to working with iran against isis. Speaking at the United Nations yesterday,
Customers. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, going it alone and issuing his on orders to keep guns out of the wrong hands, a tearful president obama accepted and admitted the limits of his own power as he went around congress. The president , flanked by those most closely touched by gun violence chided congress for inaction and wept as he ticked off the Mass Shootings that he says brought him to this point. Reporter president obama today unable to hold back tears. As he remembered 20 children murdered at sandy hook elementary. Avenevery time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. And by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. Reporter in the three years since new 4 to newtown, hes failed to get any action. They cannot hold america hostage. Reporter he was surrounded by victims and their families, including mark barton whose 7yearold son daniel was killed at newtown. W